{"id":580188,"date":"2010-05-26T21:31:38","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T01:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=122692"},"modified":"2010-05-26T21:31:38","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T01:31:38","slug":"mozilla-to-launch-firefox-home-an-iphone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/580188","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla to Launch Firefox Home, an iPhone app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/firefoxmobilethumb.png?w=210&#038;h=140\" alt=\"\" title=\"Firefoxmobilethumb\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-86723\" \/>In October 2009, Mozilla&#8217;s outgoing CEO John Lilly <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/10\/17\/coming-soon-a-mozilla-app-for-the-iphone\/\">told me that Mozilla<\/a> was working on a new iPhone app which it would release in next few weeks. Weeks turned into months, but Mozilla is finally getting ready to release Firefox Home, which as predicted was based on a Mozilla Labs project called Weave. Since then, the project has been renamed, Firefox Sync and include the Firefox &#8220;Awesome Bar.&#8221; In a blog post, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/26\/firefox-home-coming-soon-to-the-iphone\/\">Mozilla spokesperson writes: <\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"inline-related-posts-122692\" class=\"widget inline-related-posts alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"widget-title-wrap clearfix\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">More on <span><a class=\"category-link\" href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/topic\/mobile-apps\/\" title=\"Mobile Apps\">Mobile Apps<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"inline-related-posts\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/05\/26\/iphone-android-global-share-comparison\/\">iPhone More Global Than Android &#8212; for&nbsp;Now<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/05\/26\/nieman-lab-review-gigaom-iphone-app\/\">Why We Do What We&nbsp;Do<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/05\/25\/att-hotzone\/\">iPhone Owners: AT&#038;T Building a Wi-Fi Hotzone in Times Square for&nbsp;You<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-related-posts-article\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/05\/24\/android-vs-chrome-os\/\">Android Has Won &#8212; Time for Chrome OS to Move&nbsp;Along?<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"brand-icon gigaom\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\" title=\"Visit: GigaOM - This is a description.\">Tech Insider<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"widget-bottom clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>The app is called Firefox Home, and it gives iPhone users instant access to their Firefox browsing history, bookmarks and the set of tabs from their most recent browser session. What\u2019s more, it provides Firefox \u201cAwesome Bar\u201d capability that enables people to get to their favorite web sites with minimal typing.<br \/>\nFirefox Home provides an amazing \u201cget up and go\u201d experience. It\u2019s encrypted end-to-end. It\u2019s your home on the Web, wherever you are. And, of course, it\u2019s free.<br \/>\nFirefox Home for iPhone is part of a broader Mozilla effort to provide a more personal Web experience with more user control. For devices or platforms where we\u2019re unable to provide the \u201cfull\u201d Firefox browser (either technically or due to policy), we aim to provide users with \u201con the go\u201d instant access to their personal Firefox history, bookmarks and open tabs on their iPhones, giving them another reason to keep loving Firefox on their desktops.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I am actually super excited to try out this app as soon as it become available on the iPhone store.<br \/>\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zQRYNWbd5rI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zQRYNWbd5rI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=122692&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n\t<a href='http:\/\/atimi.com\/'><br \/>\n\t\t<img src='http:\/\/a.gigaom.com\/feed-injector\/img\/atimi-2010-05-24.jpg' alt='Atimi: Software Development, On Time. 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Weeks turned into months, but Mozilla is finally getting ready to release Firefox Home, which as predicted was based on a Mozilla Labs project called Weave. 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